I'd suggest just putting out a Bauhaus album and some cider and black and seeing if they come down by themselves, TBH.posted by Artw at 11:59 AM on January 5, 2012 [5 favorites]

Fleeing predators, the Goths took to the trees some like in the late 20th century, over time they developed large leathery wings and powerful for-claws. Their primary diet are owls and small dogs.posted by The Whelk at 12:00 PM on January 5, 2012 [4 favorites]

I love this and Goths in Hot Weather ( i think that's the name), mostly because of my goth past (mostly in the past, heh). It shows that most goths can and do laugh at themselves and don't take themselves too seriously either, unlike the stereotype, and the sites aren't mean spirited, just point out the oddness of the situations.posted by usagizero at 12:11 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Is this a climate-change related phenomenon? Cause several years ago, our trees were loaded with hippies and stoners. Looks like the growing zones have shifted again.posted by Mcable at 12:54 PM on January 5, 2012 [4 favorites]

Do we have any idea how these goths got up trees, or why?posted by tumid dahlia at 1:02 PM on January 5, 2012

I'd suggest just putting out a Bauhaus album and some cider and black and seeing if they come down by themselves, TBH.

I spray for tree-goths using a recipe you can make at home! Memail me for deets!

This phrase brought to mind not actual feces but the after-club detritis that litters every flat surface of my room for at least two days after - flyers found on windshield, pieces of jewelry broke while dancing, synth hair pulled out in weary frustration, half-smoked cloves, ripped paper phone numbers, found shiny objects, torn lace glove, wittled down nub of black eyeliner.posted by _paegan_ at 1:25 PM on January 5, 2012 [14 favorites]

But proper punk shit would most likely be actual shit.posted by Artw at 1:27 PM on January 5, 2012 [3 favorites]

When I worked at the punk rock shop, it was an openly spoken rule that if someone was on the can for more than five minutes, going in there before a good half hour was a Bad Idea.posted by griphus at 1:43 PM on January 5, 2012

(We did a workshop in partnership with the local parkour club. I was seriously worried at one point that we'd have to pull out the demo weapons to chase the parkour instructors out of the trees so we could get started.)posted by restless_nomad at 2:02 PM on January 5, 2012

I think it's an odd extension of pics like these - woeful/dead women, draped in mist-shrouded trees (or at least, post-processed to make the image seem as if in a hazy dream).posted by filthy light thief at 2:37 PM on January 5, 2012

In the pantheon of high school cliques it turns out that the scariest looking groups (goths, metalheads) were the nicest and most inclusive. And pretty much every other group (jocks, cheerleaders, student government) was full of the worst possible human beings (I'm sure they all grew up to be wonderful investment bankers and home flippers, though!).

Though I never was goth, whenever I see some forlorn-looking soul skulking around in a black duster with knee high combat boots (and waaaaay too many zippers/buttons/safety pins) I just want to pull over and high five them and give them that Cure mixtape that's been kicking around in my car for the past decade.

Doleful Creature, I agree with you. The Goth kids, metal kids, geeky kids are always the first to offer my gimpy self a hand with getting around, putting groceries in my car, helping me in a store or restaurant they work in. Then, I go into other stores where what the jock types, or what we called "preppy" kids work, and they ignore me, or make fun of the fat, gimpy woman.

Of course, the goth/metal/geek types may just like me for my (fuschia) hair.posted by SuzySmith at 7:30 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Q: How do you get a goth out of The Tree?

Much, much nicer than the usual version of this joke. Thank you.posted by obiwanwasabi at 11:54 PM on January 5, 2012

I'm having a hard time believing that's Robert Smith. I don't see and say "hey, Robert Smith in a tree". It just looks like some dude.

That's because what you think is the tree is actually Robert Smith.posted by atrazine at 7:45 AM on January 6, 2012

Brings new meaning to the boy with the thorn in his side.posted by The Whelk at 8:53 AM on January 6, 2012

Oh my god. Somewhere in a storage unit in Florida is a photograph of 16-year-old millipede, goth, in a tree.

Thank god the internet was less sophisticated in 1998. Thank god I lacked a scanner.posted by millipede at 10:38 AM on January 6, 2012

rainperimeter:I'm having a hard time believing that's Robert Smith. I don't see and say "hey, Robert Smith in a tree". It just looks like some dude.

Atrazine:That's because what you think is the tree is actually Robert Smith.
posted by atrazine at 10:45 AM on January 6 [+] [!]

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